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i had my staff pull the information about the debt votes that we had while george w. bush was president. we had one on june 28; no requirement for a 60-vote threshold. we had another on may 27, 2003. it passed the senate by 53-44 vote. no filibuster of that by the democrats. we had a vote on november 19, 2004, where the debt ceiling was increased by $800 billion. the vote was 52-44 in the senate. again, no effort made to require a 60-vote threshold. no effort made to filibuster that issue. and then again on september 29, 2007, the debt ceiling was increased by $850 billion by a vote of 53-42. once again, no effort made to filibuster that issue. webster's dictionary defines "filibuster" as the use of extreme dilatory tactics to delay or prevent action by the majority in a legislative or deliberative assembly." that's exactly what the republicans are doing if they vote against the cloture motion in a few moments. they're using extreme dilatory tactics to deny the majority the opportunity to take up an issue. i know that we're close to working out an agreement. i certain
i had my staff pull the information about the debt votes that we had while george w. bush was president. we had one on june 28; no requirement for a 60-vote threshold. we had another on may 27, 2003. it passed the senate by 53-44 vote. no filibuster of that by the democrats. we had a vote on november 19, 2004, where the debt ceiling was increased by $800 billion. the vote was 52-44 in the senate. again, no effort made to require a 60-vote threshold. no effort made to filibuster that issue. and...
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howeverly say to compare apples to apples again, as you say, george w. bush as the incumbent president in the third quarter of 2003-- just for his campaign, not combined with the r.n.c.-- raised $50 million. as you just said, president obama, just for his campaign, raised $47 million. so he has not broken the sort of single quarter fund-raising for an incumbent president. >> ifill: you sat here last week david, and talked about how republican totals had not lived up to expectations, at least their own expectations as far as we know because there's still some out there. does this prove that the economy was really lagging? which is what some republican hopefuls have been saying when the president can raise this much money from this many people? >> you know, the president's campaign manager was asked exactly that, about what kind of effect did the downturn in the economy have on fund-raising and he said no, it didn't have too much. but, of course, the entire focus of the campaign rolling out this number is to try to show some enthusiasm at the grass-roots l
howeverly say to compare apples to apples again, as you say, george w. bush as the incumbent president in the third quarter of 2003-- just for his campaign, not combined with the r.n.c.-- raised $50 million. as you just said, president obama, just for his campaign, raised $47 million. so he has not broken the sort of single quarter fund-raising for an incumbent president. >> ifill: you sat here last week david, and talked about how republican totals had not lived up to expectations, at...
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w. bush was driven by a base mission from god to give these railways their security to give the palestinians their state and to give the middle east peace what do you think drives . his successor is really a very interesting man he started with very positive ideas. the other vickie talked about being different from god but at least they were driven from his principles and from his conscience but as president of the united. states will have lost the mid-term elections became very difficult to keep our cause as a priority in his policy program and then i cannot make problems to be the state's financial problems environmental problems. now reelection. in a year and a half unfortunately the promises of mr obama which include stopping all settlement activities producing an independent palestinian state before september of two thousand and eleven have not come true so far and that's why we have to continue trying. maybe if he's reelected like mr clinton before him he would have a little bit mo
w. bush was driven by a base mission from god to give these railways their security to give the palestinians their state and to give the middle east peace what do you think drives . his successor is really a very interesting man he started with very positive ideas. the other vickie talked about being different from god but at least they were driven from his principles and from his conscience but as president of the united. states will have lost the mid-term elections became very difficult to...
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support it right here be quiet and a message from the president of the united states george w. bush good morning the jurors are trying to divide america and greater will and we must not allow more than just exceed we will defeat the carers everywhere they make your skin and we will leave a more hopeful world for our children and our grandchildren are going to run a kitchen clean and changing our goal is victory. veterans for peace a chance to win a team in salt lake city as you suggest solar insolation we basically. worthless all soldiers and all veterans to bring about peace summit was all even actually march with him all the way to day. one guy this week and are protesting he was very unfair it started out pretty tense and actually if you guys governor ridge's office look what this is a us ranger man telling us it would seem to say look we're not. going to be. so clear and go to different conflicts. but he kept walking that's true is right so clear not for reading and writing but your morning systematic. yeah i think there's a middle ground. and i think we agree on everything
support it right here be quiet and a message from the president of the united states george w. bush good morning the jurors are trying to divide america and greater will and we must not allow more than just exceed we will defeat the carers everywhere they make your skin and we will leave a more hopeful world for our children and our grandchildren are going to run a kitchen clean and changing our goal is victory. veterans for peace a chance to win a team in salt lake city as you suggest solar...
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former president george w. bush has finally reached official retirement age. also retiring, the space shuttle. when we come back, are americans ready for the space program to end? one american is decidedly not. >>> finally tonight, while the weather forecast right now looks a little sketchy, the final space shuttle launch is scheduled for this coming friday. for now, though, the news is this -- in terms of the ability of the u.s. to send americans into space, this is the end of the space program. a lot of people are trying to put the best face on it. many are not. and john glenn is among them. his name belongs on any list of genuine american heroes of the modern era. combat pilot, world war ii and korea, former u.s. senator. he was the first american to orbit the earth and later flew on shuttle "discovery." and it galls john glenn that for american astronauts, the russian space program is now their ride into space. we met up with john glenn at the air and space museum branch outside washington near dulles airport where they keep the big ticket items like the s
former president george w. bush has finally reached official retirement age. also retiring, the space shuttle. when we come back, are americans ready for the space program to end? one american is decidedly not. >>> finally tonight, while the weather forecast right now looks a little sketchy, the final space shuttle launch is scheduled for this coming friday. for now, though, the news is this -- in terms of the ability of the u.s. to send americans into space, this is the end of the...
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. >> reporter: recalling her public battles with breast cancer and alcohol, former president george w. bush said that because of her leadership, many lives were saved. elizabeth ann blumer ford who had quietly raised four children never expected to end up in the white house. culminating with the resignation and elevated gerald ford to the 38th president of the united states. >> i am indebted to no man and only to one woman, my dear wife. >> reporter: it proved to be a pivotal platform for mrs. ford, who was dubbed by the press america's fighting first lady, advocating for a woman on the supreme court and abortion rights. >> you are a american. >> and loudly supporting key legislation for women, the equal rights amendment. >> you have come a long, long way. >> reporter: her uninhibited good nature and her professional dance background brought us some remarkable moments that change the way we view first ladies, but to many her free spirit was represented by her voice, never shying away from her views.Ñi >> i do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my idea
. >> reporter: recalling her public battles with breast cancer and alcohol, former president george w. bush said that because of her leadership, many lives were saved. elizabeth ann blumer ford who had quietly raised four children never expected to end up in the white house. culminating with the resignation and elevated gerald ford to the 38th president of the united states. >> i am indebted to no man and only to one woman, my dear wife. >> reporter: it proved to be a pivotal...
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there is an undercurrent of bad blood between the perry forces and the forces of george w. bush. since this is "inside washington" we should not fail to mention that. >> in terms of the money, the president could rise up to $60 million. i wonder if at some point the american people get fed up? >> i think a certain point, diminishing returns. it will be a referendum on obama, unless a nut is nominated on the republican side -- >> of which there are many to choose from. >> that was said ironically -- to i have to explain the jokes here? if the debt reduction talks succeed, it will deideologize the election. obama will can see on entitlements, republicans will can see on -- will concede on entitlements, republicans will on taxes. it will be about the state economy and stewardship, and as to which it is romney's -- and a storage shed is romney's strong point. >> the president is on twitter this week, on youtube and facebook, has got to energize the use of votes -- youth vote. is it going to be enough? >> he still has to hold onto his base, and his base is very unhappy at this point w
there is an undercurrent of bad blood between the perry forces and the forces of george w. bush. since this is "inside washington" we should not fail to mention that. >> in terms of the money, the president could rise up to $60 million. i wonder if at some point the american people get fed up? >> i think a certain point, diminishing returns. it will be a referendum on obama, unless a nut is nominated on the republican side -- >> of which there are many to choose...
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support it like it be quiet and a message from the president of the united states george w. bush good morning the generals are trying to divide americans break our will and we must not go in other just succeed we will defeat the jurors everywhere they may go straight in and we will leave a more hopeful world for our children and our grandchildren are going wrong a clear unchanging our goal is victory. veterans for peace a chance to win eighteen salt lake city and peace justice organization we basically . work with all soldiers and all veterans to bring about peace some of us all even actually march with him all the way today. and this one guy who has it down or protested he was is an army ranger. it started out pretty tense and actually if you guys got it right it's you know what this is a u.s. ranger man telling us it would seem to say look we're not. going to. go the country. but he can't walk that's too is credit so. you're not for reading and writing your morning systematic. yeah i think there's a middle ground and. then i think we agree on everything i've said here on e
support it like it be quiet and a message from the president of the united states george w. bush good morning the generals are trying to divide americans break our will and we must not go in other just succeed we will defeat the jurors everywhere they may go straight in and we will leave a more hopeful world for our children and our grandchildren are going wrong a clear unchanging our goal is victory. veterans for peace a chance to win eighteen salt lake city and peace justice organization we...
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kitty dukakis, george of the bush -- george w. bush. however, george self recovered. betty ford when the route of institutional as to treatment centers. i wonder if there are any hard numbers as to the success of treatment centers as opposed to self recovered people. host: any thoughts? guest: that is a good question. if there are, i am not familiar with them. i am not working in that area. however, it is important to note that it is a disease. it was i been labeled that in the 1970's. -- it was not even labeled that in the 1970's. it was something to be ashamed of, to be feared. it was an unknown. to have it at the place where it is recognized as a disease is a great milestone on behalf of the health industry. how to deal with that disease, there are different ways. there is the betty ford center, which has served thousands of people over the years. other people do it a different way. the important thing is that we recognize it as a disease and we do not see it as something to be ashamed of. there are ways that we can treat the disease and help people overcome the ch
kitty dukakis, george of the bush -- george w. bush. however, george self recovered. betty ford when the route of institutional as to treatment centers. i wonder if there are any hard numbers as to the success of treatment centers as opposed to self recovered people. host: any thoughts? guest: that is a good question. if there are, i am not familiar with them. i am not working in that area. however, it is important to note that it is a disease. it was i been labeled that in the 1970's. -- it...
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former president george w. bush has finally reached official retirement age. all retiring, the space shuttle. when we come back, are americans ready for the space program to end? one american is decidedly not. ♪ [ male announcer ] what is the future of fuel? the debate is over. ♪ lexus hybrid drive technology is designed to optimize any fuel source on the planet. even those we don't use yet. because when you pursue perfection, you don't just engineer a future-proof hybrid system. you engineer amazing. ♪ with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles, enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief to the site of pain. it's clinically proven to relieve pain twice as fast. new bayer advanced aspirin. control your budget? yes. our "name your price" tool shows you a range of options. you pick a price that works for you. perfect. only one thing could make this better. both: '80s montage! ♪ progressive '80s montage ♪ he drops some boxes, but it's okay ♪ ♪ we keep dancing ♪ hey! it's that guy! ♪ progressive "name your price" t
former president george w. bush has finally reached official retirement age. all retiring, the space shuttle. when we come back, are americans ready for the space program to end? one american is decidedly not. ♪ [ male announcer ] what is the future of fuel? the debate is over. ♪ lexus hybrid drive technology is designed to optimize any fuel source on the planet. even those we don't use yet. because when you pursue perfection, you don't just engineer a future-proof hybrid system. you...
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. >> you understand the frustration, the tea party, the conservatives, they saw george w. bush spending, and barack obama sent it-- >> to the strats sphere. >> 25% gdp and then looking at mitt romney, is he going to-- the turn and spending is going to have to happen after 2012 in at all and pick somebody who is a spendser. >> and means that the debt referendum and spending, has to be in 2012 in that election and big reforms to 2013. even if we get 2 trillion in cuts, ten years right now and a lot of those may or may never happen. >> a lot are in the out years, out budget years, you have to have a president to do this. the other thing about the balanced budget amendment. you cannot the get the votes for this in the senate. paul, you've got to have 60 for something like this. and if they tie it to the debt ceiling, they give a bunch of democrats the cover of saying, hey, i voted for a balanced budget amendment even though it's not going to pass in the end. >> paul: you can never go wrong in washington voting for something that fails. >> exactly. >> paul: can't be too cynical
. >> you understand the frustration, the tea party, the conservatives, they saw george w. bush spending, and barack obama sent it-- >> to the strats sphere. >> 25% gdp and then looking at mitt romney, is he going to-- the turn and spending is going to have to happen after 2012 in at all and pick somebody who is a spendser. >> and means that the debt referendum and spending, has to be in 2012 in that election and big reforms to 2013. even if we get 2 trillion in cuts, ten...
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and george w. bush had actually negative job growth. and when this president took office, we were still losing jobs. i think at the rate of 800,000 a month for those first several months. this job growth is extremely weak. nobody is happy about it. but the awful truth is there isn't a lot that this government can do about it. maybe you have some secret ideas. >> no, they're not secret. there are a number of things that could be done. they should have been done at the beginning of the downturn. >> like what? >> like an infrastructure bank and get huge infrastructure programs underway. those are job multiple fliers, not just job savers. too much money was diverted by the congress to the cities and towns which basically helped the public service unions. these did not save jobs, okay? -- let me just finish. you have a real crisis on our hand. we all do. there's a huge unemployment number that jobs here are breaking up this economy, and breaking up families in a way that we have not seen in our lifetimes. maybe you coming from another centur
and george w. bush had actually negative job growth. and when this president took office, we were still losing jobs. i think at the rate of 800,000 a month for those first several months. this job growth is extremely weak. nobody is happy about it. but the awful truth is there isn't a lot that this government can do about it. maybe you have some secret ideas. >> no, they're not secret. there are a number of things that could be done. they should have been done at the beginning of the...
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and george w. bush, opposed to al gore. obama upbeat and optimistic from the stunning crystal clear announcement in springfield, illinois, back in 2007. and then all the way. kelly, the problem the president has is these have been difficult times. these are his advertisements f. you will. how does he say things will be a lot better than what you see? >> patience is a very tough argument. he can still have an imagery, benefit for optimist. michelle obama's prominence, the children f he can talk about doing better and give some of those examples, whether it comes from what he's done pulling out of the wars and osama bin laden and all of that kind of thing, that can help in an area where he might have been otherwise weak. if he can talk about these increment am improvements in the economy maybe. but increments are hard to sell. chris: has he gotten stuck in washington? watching all of this dead fight all of these weeks, i wonder if hasn't gotten caught behind the desk? >> i think he's been playing on the republican field throu
and george w. bush, opposed to al gore. obama upbeat and optimistic from the stunning crystal clear announcement in springfield, illinois, back in 2007. and then all the way. kelly, the problem the president has is these have been difficult times. these are his advertisements f. you will. how does he say things will be a lot better than what you see? >> patience is a very tough argument. he can still have an imagery, benefit for optimist. michelle obama's prominence, the children f he can...
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support it like it be quiet and a message from the president of the united states george w. bush good morning the generals are trying to divide americans break our will and we must not go in with you see we would if you could years everywhere they made you stay in and we will leave a more hopeful world for our children and our grandchildren can go wrong occasionally one unchanging our goal is victory. veterans for peace chapter one eighteen in salt lake city as you suggest solar insolation we basically. work with all soldiers and all veterans to bring about peace some of us all even actually march with him all the way to day. one guy who is our protester he was is an army ranger. it started out pretty tense with him actually if you guys got the results if you deployed this is a us ranger man telling us it was the same or the same look here i mean nothing. you know nothing. so clear and go the conflict. but you can't walk that's true is credit so clear not for reading and writing but your morning system and. i think there's a middle ground. and i think we agree on everything
support it like it be quiet and a message from the president of the united states george w. bush good morning the generals are trying to divide americans break our will and we must not go in with you see we would if you could years everywhere they made you stay in and we will leave a more hopeful world for our children and our grandchildren can go wrong occasionally one unchanging our goal is victory. veterans for peace chapter one eighteen in salt lake city as you suggest solar insolation we...
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mark mcclellan ran medicare under president george w. bush and says its rate of growth is just not sustainable. >> our health care costs are growing at a rate much more rapidly than our overall economy, and that means that any real effort to address the federal deficit must address spending on the medicare entitlement. >> reporter: the deficit talks in washington change minute by minute, but federal health care spending might come in for cuts of around $350 billion over the next ten years. advocates for medicare say the president's health care reform act already targeted half a trillion dollars in medicare cuts. max richtman at the committee to preserve social security and medicare says that's enough. >> slashing medicare, which is what is being considered now by some, without it also addressing overall health care costs and health care inflation across the board, will not solve anything. it will just squeeze medicare beneficiaries. >> reporter: democrats have pushed for medicare savings by forcing providers to change the way they delive
mark mcclellan ran medicare under president george w. bush and says its rate of growth is just not sustainable. >> our health care costs are growing at a rate much more rapidly than our overall economy, and that means that any real effort to address the federal deficit must address spending on the medicare entitlement. >> reporter: the deficit talks in washington change minute by minute, but federal health care spending might come in for cuts of around $350 billion over the next ten...
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support it right here be quiet and a message from the president of the united states george w. bush good morning. generals are trying to divide america and greater will and we must not allow them to succeed we will defeat the carriers everywhere they make your skin and we will leave a more hopeful world for our children and our grandchildren our goal in iraq is clear and unchanging our goal is victory. veterans for peace in chapter one eighteen salt lake city is peace justice soul and station we basically. worthless all soldiers and all better and they bring about peace summit was all even actually march with him all the way today. one guy who has it and are protesting you with this is an army ranger. it started out pretty tense and i'm actually if you guys got results of you know what this is a us ranger man telling this it would seem to say look here i mean nothing. i mean nothing. so clear and go the country. but what let's do is present so clear not for cutting and running but your morning systematic. yeah i think there's a middle ground. and i think we agree on everything
support it right here be quiet and a message from the president of the united states george w. bush good morning. generals are trying to divide america and greater will and we must not allow them to succeed we will defeat the carriers everywhere they make your skin and we will leave a more hopeful world for our children and our grandchildren our goal in iraq is clear and unchanging our goal is victory. veterans for peace in chapter one eighteen salt lake city is peace justice soul and station...
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way before the tea party put the t in taxes, they learned george w. bush, 41 read my lips was a big mistake and good lesson for them not to say things like that. bush, of course, was forever dogged by that broken promise and "saturday night live" ridiculed his contortions trying to get right with the republican base. >> president bush, during your term the deficit has grown by almost a trillion dollars. >> i know. >> andestly now, don't you feel some kind of tax hike will be needed to reduce the deficit. >> jane, the answer is no. i will never raise taxes again and i may never, never, ever, never, ever again and i mean never, ever, ever, never, ever, never, ever -- >> thank you, mr. president. >> never, ever, ever, ever. never -- >> mr. president, please! >> never, ever, ever again. chris: never, ever, ever. that's comedy, of course. but more real than you can believe. it's still the republican mantra. as we said before, the far right, anti-government gadfly grover norquist makes it his business to make them all recite that never ever pledge again and
way before the tea party put the t in taxes, they learned george w. bush, 41 read my lips was a big mistake and good lesson for them not to say things like that. bush, of course, was forever dogged by that broken promise and "saturday night live" ridiculed his contortions trying to get right with the republican base. >> president bush, during your term the deficit has grown by almost a trillion dollars. >> i know. >> andestly now, don't you feel some kind of tax hike...
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in 2002 when george w. bush and dick cheney were beating the drums to invade iraq, there was about a nine-month window from the summer of 2002 to late march when the invasion occurred. george soros wrote against it. he spoke against it. he actually wrote a book against it. he gave interviews against it. on the other side, all that criticism were 300, and we were counting, former retired generals, admirals, leading diplomats, the head of the nsa, admirals, general zinni, the tg security advisers to the first bush, they wrote editorials. they wrote op-ed's. they gave interviews and they went back to their work. there was no infrastructure. i called george soros several times. i never get a return. and i wanted to say to him, if he put $200 million in those nine months with a massive infrastructure of media, lobbying, to take those 300 very imminent people, unheard of in american history, to oppose the present and the prewar stages, which would have tripled immediately with more generals, colonels, et cetera,
in 2002 when george w. bush and dick cheney were beating the drums to invade iraq, there was about a nine-month window from the summer of 2002 to late march when the invasion occurred. george soros wrote against it. he spoke against it. he actually wrote a book against it. he gave interviews against it. on the other side, all that criticism were 300, and we were counting, former retired generals, admirals, leading diplomats, the head of the nsa, admirals, general zinni, the tg security advisers...
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. >> if we're going to compare job creation, george w. bush was 800,000 jobs negative. the debt ceiling spike happens to be a political football, and generally the congress goes along. whichever party is in power takes the hit. but people now see on both sides there is an opportunity here to get on top of the crisis we have in this country, and that's a good thing. >> hold on, pat. the question is whether or not obama speaks out of both sides of his mouth. you heard what mort read, and you hear what he's saying now. you heard what he's saying now. what do you think of the -- at least the verbal inconsistency? >> i think he came into office wanting to do a budget deal at some point, but he was prevented from doing so by the economic crisis, and now i think he's getting back to what he really always wanted to do. so i think he's -- it sounds like he's talk out of both sides of his mouth, but i think he's simply going with changing circumstances. >> is there anything wrong with that? isn't that what a politician is supposed to do, respect the conditions of the times? >> ab
. >> if we're going to compare job creation, george w. bush was 800,000 jobs negative. the debt ceiling spike happens to be a political football, and generally the congress goes along. whichever party is in power takes the hit. but people now see on both sides there is an opportunity here to get on top of the crisis we have in this country, and that's a good thing. >> hold on, pat. the question is whether or not obama speaks out of both sides of his mouth. you heard what mort read,...